Born in a family devoted to woodblock printing for generations in Yangzhou City, the 72-year-old Chen Yishi is an inheritor of this national intangible cultural heritage.

The ancient art of paper-cutting has evolved uniquely all over the world, no more so than in China.The city of Yangzhou in China had a deep and enduring tradition even in ancient times in the art form and is still renowned for it even nowadays.

A Yangzhou puppetry troupe brought some traditional puppet shows to the international art festival recently held in Russia's Republic of Dagestan.

A group of students from Orleans, France, came to Yangzhou, East China's Jiangsu province to experience the city's traditional culture.

The former residence of Wang Lumen will reopen to the public with a new Grand Canal salt merchant cultural exhibition hall in early June this year.